I need to create a paper scroll that unfolds to reveal a title text, sort of like an old papyrus scroll. Now I'm asking advice for you experts: what would be the smartest way to try this? Could it perhaps be done with cc cylinder or is there a better way?

Mmh, CC Cylinder might work, but it would involve some math, as it will always wrap ther layer in full, so while you animate the radius to get the "unfolding", you'd have to use a linear wipe and position animation in your texture pre-comp to compensate for any odd looking stuff. Also you will need multiple instances of the effect and conventional 3D layers to go with it. The same woul apply to CC Page Turn - doable, but will require some fiddling and multiple instances of the effect. If you have time, it's worth a try. You can only learn. If you're in a hurry, consider the Conoa plug-ins, Zaxwerks 3D Warps or Freeform from Digieffects, just released yesterday...

Thanks for your reply, it certainly was helpfull. I think I underestimated the difficulty of this effect, but I will try what you suggested. And yes, I'm in a hurry as always Sometimes I wonder if it's even possible not to be in a hurry in this industry

di you see the Beijing Olympics? They had a huge cylinder on the arena floor and it moved. The surface of the cylinder was covered with an image that rolled even though the cylinder actually never moved except to travel across the floor. As the cylinder moved and the image unrolled, the image on the floor of the arena appeared to be uncovered as the cylinder moved.

Boris Cylinder actually has the ability to keyframe the wrap around the cylinder but, last time I used it, it was very difficult to program since it wasn't really designed to simulate rolling or unrolling a cylindrical object..